No, you used to be a liar, got it? Ivan corrected.

"How is that possible? You must be mistaken! Lockhart shook his head and said incredulously.

"You're a liar!" Ivan's wand pointed at the tiles in the distance, a red light flashed, and an explosion rang out.

"Well, you're right, I'm a liar!" Lockhart looked at the big crater that had exploded on the ground, swallowed with difficulty, and said against his will.

Ivan didn't bother to pay any more attention to him, putting away the broken diary and tiara.

Immediately after, Ivan used the Transfiguration Charm to conjure a giant eagle with a wingspan of several meters and an incomparably majestic eagle, ready to fly up on this one.

"Squeak squeak~" Phoenix Fox ran out with his little short legs at this time, his bare body had not yet grown feathers, like a little turkey ready to be put into the pot...

Fawkes ran up to Ivan and tugged at his trouser legs, telling him not to forget about himself, but when he looked up, he saw that the little wizard in front of him looked at him and seemed to be looking at him a little wrong?

......

Riding on the giant eagle, Ivan flew all the way up and flew out of the entrance.

Lockhart below was not treated so well, being grabbed by the two claws of the giant eagle and screaming in mid-air, for fear of falling.

"Let's go back!" Ivan jumped off the eagle's back, looked back at it, and spoke.

The Giant Eagle nodded humanely, then burrowed into the chamber, waiting for the transformation spell to run out and turn back into a stone.

Ivan didn't stay in the girls' bathroom, but took Lockhart with him to the principal's room.

Along the way, Lockhart kept asking questions, and Ivan was so annoyed that he immediately warned him to say one more word, so that he would not be able to speak in the future!

In front of the principal's office, the door of the passage opens directly.

Ivan turned on his Occlumency, thinking about how to explain it later, and walked in without stopping.

Walking through the semi-circular staircase, Ivan saw Dumbledore, dressed in dark blue robes, sitting behind his desk, and to his surprise, Hermione was also there.

"Ivan, it's great that you're okay!" When Hermione saw Ivan, her frown suddenly stretched and she pounced on her with joy.

"Hermione, why are you here?" Ivan was knocked into his arms and asked in a confused voice.

At that moment, Dumbledore's voice rang out.

"It was Miss Granger who came to inform me that you were in danger, and I told Fawkes to find you."

Hermione, who was hugging Ivan tightly, realized that there were other people in the principal's office, her white cheeks suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly let Ivan go.

"Thank you, Hermione—" Ivan said gratefully, if Hermione hadn't informed him in time, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to come back.

The little witch shook her head, indicating that this was what she should do.

When she was in the corridor before, she saw Ivan's ugly face and went to chase Lockhart in a panic, so she guessed that there must be something wrong with Lockhart.

In addition, the attack may be related to the mysterious man, Hermione was very worried about Ivan's safety, so she notified Dumbledore in the Great Hall as soon as possible.

Dumbledore quickly determined the approximate extent of the disappearance of the two based on reports from the portraits in the castle...

Hermione chattered to Ivan what had happened, and stopped abruptly in the middle of speaking, her eyes widening as she watched a familiar figure walk up from the door.

"Professor Lockhart?!" Hermione was surprised.

"Professor? Are you talking about me? Lockhart was looking at the portrait in the principal's office with a curious expression, and when he heard Hermione's words, he was stunned and pointed at himself strangely.

Then, as if he had thought of something, Lockhart came up like crazy and hurriedly asked. "You must know who I am, don't you? Tell me! ”

"Ivan, what's wrong with Professor Lockhart?" Hermione was startled and hurriedly ducked behind Ivan.

Dumbledore glanced at Lockhart thoughtfully, then his blue eyes turned to look at Ivan, his slender ten fingers slowly put together, and said in a deep voice.

"Hals, I think... You need to explain it to us. ”

"Of course, Professor! But this story can be a bit long! Ivan nodded.

As early as the time he came to the principal's office, Ivan had already thought of his words.

Even from the time the old Malfoy sold him the diary, everything he said was true, except for some things about the system....

After all, the system and the crossing are secrets that he must keep and will never say.

At the same time, Ivan also deliberately mentioned his mother Althea many times when he spoke, and paid attention to Dumbledore's face.

The centenarian just listened quietly, his expression didn't even fluctuate much, and only a little moved on his face when he heard Ivan talk about the Slytherin laboratory.

Ivan couldn't figure out the relationship between the two, and it was clear that Althea was full of anger when he mentioned Dumbledore.

Unable to figure it out, Ivan gave up the idea of temptation, and after explaining the causes and consequences of obtaining the Horcrux, he spoke again.

"Over the course of a few months, Tom Riddle taught me a lot about magic, and he also told me about the existence of the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, which I had always considered my best friend..."

Ivan's face showed a lonely look at the right time, indicating that he had always been a good student who followed the school rules, but he was not aware of being fooled by the sinister old Malfoy and the evil Tom Riddle.

"You don't have to be frustrated, Hals!" Dumbledore continued gently.

"Many dark wizards are good at disguise and deception, and Voldemort is the best among them, even when he was a student, you must know that many adult wizards were fooled by him at that time."

"And Ivan, you managed to see through him, didn't you?" Hermione said comfortingly.

"Yes, even though he was well disguised, I noticed something was wrong, so I was going to give you the diary for verification... I didn't expect it to be stolen halfway. ”

Ivan tells Dobby about stealing the Horcrux and losing it, and then the that Lockhart did when he picked up the Horcrux, and how he deduced that Lockhart was the attacker based on various clues...

"So how did Professor Lockhart become like this? Did you do anything to him? Hermione said curiously.

"I identified him and was going to use the Oblivion Charm on me, but he was bounced off by my protective ring..."Of course, Ivan will not say that he washed away Lockhart's memory, but changes the experience of Lockhart in the original plane, and puts it in a different way.

Is that so? Lockhart looked confused, but couldn't refute it, because he didn't remember anything...